Nannette Williams Elsass Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 806

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Scope and Content Note

The papers contain two scrapbooks. Marie Antoinette Purkins's scrapbook details the kindergarten she founded and taught in Hope, Arkansas from 1938-1962. Of special interest is the Christmas photocard of the child William Jefferson (Billy) Blythe III, who later became Arkansas Governor and United States President Bill Clinton. Sophia Delony Purkins's scrapbook documents her husband's death in 1934 and special events in her immediate family. Also included are two travel journals from the 1920s which document rail travel from Arkansas to California and life in Japan after World War I. An early 20th century Wedding Book, campaign literature from the chancery judge and attorney general campaigns of Du Val L. Purkins, and other papers pertaining to the Delony-Purkins- Williams family complete the collection.

Dates

1903-1969

Creator

Elsass, Nanette Williams, 1933- (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

THE DELONY-PURKINS-WILLIAMS FAMILY The papers pertain to members of the Delony-Purkins-Williams family of Hope, Arkansas, especially the sisters Marie Antoinette Purkins (Sissy) and Sophia Delony Purkins. Marie Antoinette Purkins was the maternal aunt of Nannette Williams Elsass and Sophia Delony Purkins the mother of Nannette Williams Elsass.

Also included are papers pertaining to Du Val L. Purkins and Nannie Purkins, brother and sister of Sophia Purkins and Marie Antoinette Purkins; Marie Antoinette Williams Tipton (Menette), sister of Nannette Williams Elsass; and Lucy Elise Delony, maternal first cousin of Sophia, Marie Antoinette, Du Val L., and Nannie Purkins.